Is this correct?

GoldCoinLover · 7 Jan 2006

How do I say, "Your dad is weird." I'm just trying to work on making sentences grammatically correct, or at least understandable (my problem is particles) I see the particle 'de' a lot. I found out how its used, and boy I was surprised, its usage is confusing!

I need to figure out particles.

So is this correct?
あなたの父がおかしいですよ！

Anata no chichi ga okashii desu yo!
Your (father) weird is (ephasis)

No is possessive, ga is the subject marker (father), okashii (weird , I think?) yo is for emphasis.

Thanks..

(PS: I still don't have a book yet. Like 4 people have said they'd send it, none have done so. (At least, none of told me so). One person even lives in my own state, and still haven't gotten it. When I get one, I'll stop asking so many questions, I promise. )

Cynergy · 7 Jan 2006

I'm by far no expert. However I have my lesson book right here with me so I thought I'd lend a hand.

Since you are not speaking of your own father you would say otoosan- おとうさん. If you were speaking to someone else of your own father you would say chichi. If you were addressing your/someone else's father directly you would say otoosan.

As far as sentence structure I won't even go into that, as I don't know much of what I'm doing myself! lol I'll let someone who knows what they're talking about to help you with that.

Damicci · 7 Jan 2006

The structure looks correct but remember you wouldn't say that to a stranger so you should substitute anata with ~san (mr/mrs/ms so-so) probably use ha and not ga since the main topic is that the dad is wierd.

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Elizabeth · 7 Jan 2006

So is this correct?
あなたの父がおかしいですよ！

Anata no chichi ga okashii desu yo!
Your (father) weird is (ephasis)

No is possessive, ga is the subject marker (father), okashii (weird , I think?) yo is for emphasis.

I agree with @Damicci about using wa instead of ga. Ga answers the question "which one" or "who" and emphasizes it as the subject while wa answers "what" or "how". It would only be appropriate here, for instance, if this was in response to something like "Who do you think is stranger -- my father or yours?" In that case you would need to say "Yours is stranger Anata no ga okashii." But as a general statement or description about a person, wa is the only thing that makes sense..

RockLee · 7 Jan 2006

Instead of okashii I would use hen na ;-) Okashii is more 'funny'.

Elizabeth · 7 Jan 2006

I wouldn't say to anyone that their father was hen desu yo. :=)
Okashii could be like "acting strangely" or "something is up with your father"
or "is crazy," but also funny or goofy or a little eccentric.

GoldCoinLover · 7 Jan 2006

Whats hen na? Now I'm interested.

RockLee · 7 Jan 2006

GoldCoinLover said:
Whats hen na? Now I'm interested.

hen means : odd,strange,suspicious-looking

So that's why I think it suits 'weird' better

Elizabeth · 8 Jan 2006

I think of hen more if a person has an irregular, abnormal trait or personality tic. If you want to say someone is generally different or peculiar, 変わっている is a little better. And don't forget to always add ちょっと first、with ね at the end.

Damicci · 8 Jan 2006

Elizabeth said:
I think of hen more if a person has an irregular, abnormal trait or personality tic. If you want to say someone is generally different or peculiar, 変わっている is a little better. And don't forget to always add ちょっと first、with ね at the end.

I totally agree. Anytime I think of Hen I think of something not normal very close to hentai hen +tai...
I think okashii fits fine.

MeAndroo · 8 Jan 2006

Elizabeth said:
I think of hen more if a person has an irregular, abnormal trait or personality tic. If you want to say someone is generally different or peculiar, 変わっている is a little better. And don't forget to always add ちょっと first、with ね at the end.

I love this method. "Kawatta hito" was the way Razor Ramon/Hard Gay was described by my host mom, and I thought it was the biggest understatement ever.

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